[documentation] Babies, Spoons, Food and Funny Faces

[Steven Peck]

time and discussion.
 
You saw my proposal that I am in the process of doing now.  Essentially every time we talk about doing something, we talk a long time.... and then drift off.... so, best bet, propose solid plan, garner feedback. Revise, implement.
 
 

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From: documentation-bounces at drupal.org on behalf of themacgeek
Sent: Fri 1/6/2006 3:23 PM
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Subject: Re: [documentation] Babies, Spoons, Food and Funny Faces


Thank you for the detailed response.  

I will continue on with your suggestions, though I would still assert that this method, while it is a good short term solution for addressing the situation, I feel a more structured system would be better.  In much the same way that the Drupal code is handled, I see a similar system as being more effective long term. 

themacgeek

On Jan 6, 2006, at 5:16 PM, Kieran Lal wrote:


	On Jan 6, 2006, at 2:24 PM, themacgeek wrote:

		As someone who is very interested in helping, I am at a loss where to start.  
		


	Here's the most popular.  Pick one of the top ten pages: http://drupal.org/handbook/most-popular-pages


		If I begin making edits, who do I post them too?
		


	i would start by filing an issue and keep responding to the issue.  You can say site-maintainers please apply my changes.  If you start to make some significant contributions you'll find yourself being promoted pretty quickly.


		Will I be duplicating the work that someone else is already doing?  
		


	Be sure to look and see if anyone has already written pages on the topics you are writing.  Contact the author and tell them you want to work with them.


		What is more important, addressing docs on old versions, current versions or the upcoming 4.7 release?


	Start by working on the stuff people are reading the most: http://drupal.org/handbook/most-popular-pages

	Here is a list of handbook pages with comments: http://drupal.org/handbook/comments.   The approach I would take would be to make a copy of the existing page and edit it based on the comments.  If the comments are extensive and valuable then I would consider creating a child page that contain those comments.  Once you feel that you have reviewed all the comments and got all the value let us know by posting an issue and we will come and edit.  If you start making contributions you'll get promoted to a site maintainer pretty quickly.  That will allow you to edit and delete comments.

	Cheers,
	Kieran



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